This was a brutal run. It is obvious running while in ketosis is terribly difficult. I am starting to eat moderate carbs again. #running #keto #nope

There is no vantage point from which to watch your own non-existence. Or is there? I would love to hear your perspective on this. #life #death #existence #consciousness open.substack.com/pub/ozakan/p...

Whatever Death Is, It Happens to No One

You have rehearsed not existing every night of your life. You just weren't there to notice.

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My first run in ketosis. I ate very little carbs for the last 4 days. 90 degrees outside. I did better than I expected. #running #keto

There are a few stray dogs around. Or at least there used to be. So this run was a little stressful but nothing happened at the end. #dogs #running

I don't sleep well the first night when I travel. I thought it was me. Sleep researchers describe a "first‑night effect": on the first night in a new environment. Part of the brain essentially stays on "night watch," as if it hasn't fully decided the space is safe.

What if we build a portable, proof-based reputation network on AT Protocol for technical practitioners? Your standing is earned through useful work ranked transparently by usefulness, and owned by you rather than by a platform. Would you be interested? #socialnetwork

The higher you sit, the less you hear. Power flows downhill. Honesty has to climb back up. You can soften that slope, but you can’t remove it. The work is making honesty cheaper to send uphill. How do you do that? #leadership #management

Why doesn't @anthropic.com post on @bsky.app ? It shouldn't be that difficult to replicate what they do on the other platform.

We ran with my daughter, who happens to be older than I am, when it comes to running at 85 degrees Fahrenheit. Oh, the ice cream break was mandatory. #running #hot #daughter

Read it in five minutes, use it this week — one page each for the problem, the model, the practice, and your first 30 days oz.akan.io/map #management #leadership

The One-Page Map — Free Companion to Know Your People

Most management problems are knowing problems. The One-Page Map puts the whole Know Your People system on a single page — plus five pages that teach you to read it. Free for newsletter subscribers.

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I am pretty excited about standard.site extension to AT protocol. It makes content easier to discover, index, and move across the ATmosphere. The image: All my articles are posted to Bluesky in standard.site format. #bluesky #atproto #standard

FAISS explained simply #vector #search #faiss

Turbovec is cool, it makes your laptop an AI monster :) luminary.blog/techs/turbov...

Turbovec and the trick of not training a quantizer

How TurboQuant uses a random rotation to precompute its quantizer, and why skipping the training step changes the operational story.

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Quantization cheat sheet #llm #ai #quantization

Had a good run. I will probably have 2 weeks without running. Sad. #running

You can’t rush real truth from your team: Role, Range, Drive, Horizon, Fears—each rung is earned by how you show up, not by brilliant questions. It’s the energy your people stop wasting on hiding #management #leadership #startups #peoplemanagement oz.akan.io/newsletter/w...

A Ladder, Not a Checklist

Most management advice treats knowing your people as a list of questions to ask. The Truth Ladder is a sequence. Each rung is the price of admission to the next.

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The greenway was closed so I had to run a bigger loop. I was semi fasting this morning, so the run was much harder than I thought it would be. #running #fasting

I had five to complete this week's 20. I ran that. Then my daughter asked me to join her, and we did sprints after this one. I thought I couldn’t run another mile, and once again I was reminded that motivation makes people do anything. #running #motivation #daughter

I finally let my Claude sessions talk to each other. You can replicate my setup, details below. luminary.blog/techs/agent-... #claude #mac #a2a

Agent to Agent: A Shared Inbox for Claude Code

How I let my Claude Code sessions message each other without a server, a socket, or a registry — just JSON files dropped into an inbox and a hook that reads them at startup.

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I had pretty heavy legs after the morning leg workout. It was raining, a little windy, the kind of weather that makes you feel free. Lucy welcomed me as always. #running #free

I implemented Standard.site and I love it. Great idea. oz.akan.io/newsletter/y...

Your Report Isn't Difficult. They're Afraid.

By the time a working adult brings fear to a job, they have compressed it into something the workplace will accept. The manager sees the currency and misses the fear.

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It had been years since the last time I ran in Central Park. It was rainy but a lot fun with a friend. #running #nyc #rain

80 degrees fast (slow?) listened to a thriller, tried not to listen to the voice that constantly said stop. #running #audibook #hot

My book is out! knowyourpeoplebook.com #management #leadership #books

Know Your People — a new book by Oz Akan

Most management problems are knowing problems. Know Your People is a working manual for the human side of management — the Truth Ladder (Role, Range, Drive, Horizon, Fears), the Weekly Five, and a 30-...

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I plan to increase my mileage this week. I have been below 20 for a while. I will 🏃 in the mornings as a change. My goal is 30 miles this week. #running #goal

It would be an easy run but hot weather didn’t let it to be as easy. Yet the lake view was motivating. #running #lake

Which one are you? Take the 2-minute quiz to find out what kind of manager you are! thetruthladder.com #management #leadership

I ran a fast mile to test how fast I can go. I was so fast, I had already taken off my shoes when I took the picture. #running #fast

Easy come, easy go. Who doesn't like easy runs with their daughter? :) Today, I have a fast one. I am looking forward to a fast mile test. #running #family

If you are a manager, how well do you know your people? oz.akan.io/newsletter/t... #management #leadership

Most Managers Know the Work. Very Few Know the People.

Most managers can tell you what their people are working on in thirty seconds. Ask what those people want or fear, and the silence starts.

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